Wow,
we just couldn’t have asked for nicer results from this breeding!With
both sire & dam scoring E’s & V’s in every category all the way across (except for mom’s + S.A),
though, I guess we should have expected nothing less, LOL.

Caliente
has developed into an exceptionally handsome young man who excels in. . . well
in every area, LOL!We especially admire his General Appearance, with his overall
correctness, outstanding Breed Character & . . . definitely helped right along by his flashy markings.He exhibits a very nice balance of dairyness & masculinity, being open & angular, long-necked &
fine-skinned, while wide & powerful throughout.He’s lonnnng &
level with nice, sharp withers; tight shoulder assembly; a straight, strong back, a terrific rump & smoothly blended overall.He tracks correctly on wonderful feet & legs, walking with tremendous width between
the hocks.His escutcheon is extremely nice, too with a very high, very wide
arch & harboring a very nicely shaped, very snugly-attached scrotum with proper teats (did I say “very” yet?)
– all of which is hopefully indicative of the types of mammaries he’ll be putting on his daughters!

Last
but certainly not “least”, he also has the delightful personality/temperament we’ve enjoyed & appreciated
so much in all of the Dash offspring.

In case it’s not blatantly obvious,
we’re just a little bit tickled w/ Caliente & are excited about his future!

2008 Update: Caliente's
kids are even nicer than we'd hoped for! We'd hand-bred him to just a small handful of does for 2008 &
then, ran him in one of the doe pens for "Clean Up". After we were presented with our first Caliente
babies, we actually found ourselves hoping some of his winter penmates hadn't settled to their hand-breedings, LOL!
Inconvenient as those late-born kids are, our wish has been granted - even better, the does who'd not settled to their "intended
suitors" & instead, were bred by Caliente, are does we'd agonized over, breeding-wise, w/ Caliente being the 2nd choice!
Hmmmm. Perhaps they knew something we didn't. . . ? *wink*